Hello
I have been reading the forum for a few months. Have learned alot. Thanks for all the great posts. I finally have somthing to write about. This is my first nugget with a metal detector.
Thanks for looking
Matt

WTG---is that one of them famous JB invisable nuggets ----Mike C...

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.....ide say thats a whoper of a nugget if ya ask me....ide say for your first thats the cats meow...what state is the nug from..hope you get more

Nice first nugget, Matt!

It kinda has the shape of an ear...how long have you been nuggetshooting and what machine did you find your nugget with? It all gets easier from this point on; hopefully there's a nugget patch there!

- Lunk -

Useing a gpx 4500. I got a mxt in january and got hooked on detecting. Bought a claim in AZ in may that is when i bought the 4500. Probly got about 4 hours on the claim to date. Got side tracked when i bought a claim on the north fork of the salmon river. Got a couple of weeks dredging before they sut it down. Not much of a claim for detecting. After reading lots of back posts i started researching for a place to detect. Went up one day last week and scoped it out then went back yesterday. Knew i was in a good spot when i started finding lots of lead slugs. Found the nugget about 3 hours in. Ya I hope it is a patch.
Matt

Matt. fantastic first nugget!!! That 4500 is well on its way to being paid for. ----Bob

Hi Matt,

What an incredible first nugget! I know lots of folks that have been detecting for years and still haven't found a piece that large. Congrats on a great find!

Holy Shit, Matt, that's an incredible nugget, first or not........Tell us more of the story your find....WTG, Dude....Cheers, Yer Unc in the Dubyah

Congrats hope you find many more.

Outfrigginstanding!

LOL, that picture shut Mick C. up...
Hey Mike what do you think of the invisible nugget now?

Nice first hit.


Flak

Matt my first nugget was a 2 grainer, like the head on a staight pin, found with a Gold Bug 2 and was I ever proud of the find. BUT, if I'd found a wopper like yours guess I'd still be up on Rich Hill at Stanton. WTG!!!

Don

All I can say is : WOW!

GREAT FIND...

1st nugget?? Guess that'll keep you from gettin' discouraged....WTG.

Matt,

There is still time for you...before you get hooked! Way-to-go!!!

LuckyLundy

Nicely done! What does that monster weigh?



Oops! Never mind! I went back to the pics. WOW!

Way to go Matt!
That is an incredible nugget and to be your first is even better.
Keep it up.

Rich

Thanks for all the great feed back. LuckyLundy its to late i got gold fever bad i could have bought a house for what i spent on the salmon river claim and all the dredging equipment. had a blast for the sort time I got to do it. I love metal detecting the gold is a bonus. I have been frustrated on a place to go but followed Chris Gholsons ideas on reserching locations and by luck got lucky on the first spot i picked. It takes me awhile am a few hours away from gold country.

Hey Montana i still plan to get down that way. I will let you know maybe i could still meet you. I am trying not to go out and buying a utv like yours sounds like a blast.
Matt

Yo Matt...I can't make out the photo with the weight...What's your newbie guy weigh? ... Mo' story, por favor...Cheers, Unc

Hey Flak all I got to say is way to go Matt---but now your ruined it will be tough to top that one ---Mike C...

It weighs 35.8dwt. Not much more story. I knew i had a good spot when i dug 9 bullets in a short time. No one has detected this place before as far as i can tell. I worked the area for about 3 hours before i found it. Shortly after i went to investigate another location i had planed to check out then headed home. Once i get some of this work out of the way i will get back there.
Matt

Mike, I would have said the same thing
if I'd seen the original post first...fwiw.


Oh man, can you imagine the onset of fever
if your first find was something like that?
Wow.


Flak